La Monte, Missouri is a small town located on the banks of the Missouri River in the beautiful Midwestern state of Missouri. Although relatively small in size, La Monte has an active political landscape. The city is governed by three elected city commissioners who serve four year terms and are responsible for overseeing all aspects of local government and law enforcement. Elections are held every two years to ensure that qualified candidates continue to hold office and keep La Monte's politics running smoothly. Additionally, there are many volunteer organizations and committees that work to ensure the well-being of La Monte's citizens. These groups focus on a variety of issues, such as community development, environmental protection, education reform, and public safety. All in all, La Monte's residents benefit from a vibrant political life that encourages participation from the members of its diverse population.
The political climate in La Monte, MO is moderately conservative.
Pettis County, MO is very conservative. In Pettis County, MO 25.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pettis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.5% to 25.0%.
Pettis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
La Monte, MO is moderately conservative.
Pettis County, Missouri is very conservative.
Sedalia Metro Area is very conservative.
Missouri is somewhat conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
La Monte, Missouri: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in La Monte, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $10 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $3 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $7,222 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $328 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)